The UK economy grew by an unrevised 0.1% between July and September, while expansion was weaker than first thought in the second quarter, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed growth slowed in the third quarter after the cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover knocked activity …
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A big fire at the Jaguar Land Rover plant in Chester Road was tackled by some 50 firefighters Smoke from a fire at the Jaguar Land Rover factory off Chester Road in Castle Vale A fire which broke out at Jaguar Land Rover’s landmark Castle Bromwich plant started accidentally, it …
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Staff had expressed concern about the plans Jaguar Land Rover Halewood(Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo) Jaguar Land Rover has issued an update about significant changes to workers’ shifts. In January, the ECHO revealed workers at the Halewood factory fear losing out on around £400 per month in payments as the car …
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Thousands of people in Britain are set to lose their jobs after a raft of companies announced plans to reduce the size of their workforce. Businesses in all sectors are struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic but retail and aerospace are being hit particularly hard. Many firms across …
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The Prince of Wales will be meeting some of the skilled costume and prop-makers from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) as part of a visit to Warwickshire. Charles will be shown examples of the 40,000 items which make up the RSC’s costume store and tour the site of the on-going …
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From country pubs to stylish B&Bs to some of the best known attractions in the world. The West Midlands is home to a fantastic array of visitor attractions, which helped to bring more than 131 million visitors to our region in 2018 – a 2.6% increase on the previous year. …
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